Tag Archives: Trump campaign

Trump’s VP search is getting serious

Donald TrumpMar-a-Lago aides screen potential vice presidential candidates, while the former president puts forward an extensive list of names in private conversations. Susie Wiles, a top Trump adviser, is leading a process that will narrow down the list of about a dozen lawmakers and other Republican personalities in question, according to multiple people familiar with… Read More »

Judge in hush money case gives Trump a partial gag order

The judge presiding over the criminal case against Donald Trump in New York imposed a partial gag order on the former president on Tuesday. State Judge Juan Merchan’s ruling orders Trump to “refrain” from “making or inciting others to make public statements about known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses regarding their potential participation” in the corporate… Read More »

Billionaires tried to help finance Trump’s bonds in a civil fraud case, sources say

By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) -Some major Republican donors banded together to help the U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump fund the initial bond amount needed to cover his $454 million civil fraud judgment before Monday’s deadline, three sources on the matter told Reuters. Former Republican President Trump must post bail in a civil case in New… Read More »

A draft resolution from the RNC would delay the party’s embrace of Trump as its candidate

COLUMBIA, S.C. – A prominent member of the Republican National Committee is proposing two resolutions that would put some distance between the national party and the former president Donald Trump – at least for a little longer. The first resolution from Henry Barbour — longtime member from Mississippi — would ban the national party from… Read More »

Trump could soon face more than $400 million in legal fines. Can he afford it?

Former President Donald Trump says his brand alone is worth more than $10 billion, but a few civil judgments could wreak havoc on him financially, legal experts say. Trump was awarded an $83 million award last month in the defamation case against E. Jean Carroll and faces the prospect of another verdict in the coming… Read More »

Republicans are closing ranks around Trump as he seeks his third nomination

MANCHESTER, NH – Republicans are quickly joining former President Donald Trump’s bid for a return to the White House, signaling a growing consensus that his nomination is all but inevitable. The most glaring example: Sen. Tim ScottRS.C., will become the third former Trump rival to endorse his campaign in a week, joining North Dakota Governor… Read More »

The Trump campaign is turning its heat on Nikki Haley to blunt her rise

Allies of the former president Donald Trump say his campaign’s decision to hammer Nikki Haley reflects a new dynamic in the Republican presidential race. Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, has overtaken the governor of Florida. Ron DeSantis for second place, they think, and emerges as Trump’s strongest challenger in the early nominating contests,… Read More »